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I give away stuff on freecycle.org. I know it goes to somebody who can use it or sell it. You just have to deal with half of the people who say that want something but never show up to pick it up. Some people leave stuff on their front porch so they don't have to deal with people showing up at a specific time.
I stopped giving stuff to resale stores years ago because of how many useful donated items get thrown out before even being put out for sale, and the stuff that does go out for sale gets smashed up and ruined.
If you put a TV out in the alley in Chicago it won't last a day before being smashed up for copper. At least somebody gets money for the metal. If the resale store throws it out, it goes straight to the dump.
Resale stores in other places may be better. I went to a Methodist resale store in a small town in Colorado a few years ago and was shocked at how clean and organized it was compared to stores in Chicago. They even had power adapters sorted and marked with voltage and current.
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